My name is beri meric, cofounder and ceo of iv. Is my pleasure to introduce all of you to alex kantrowitz. Hello, how are you today . Im doing great. Take you for having me for this. Im really excited for it, weve got our members from across the world joining us for this conversation. Ive been talking about it nonstop over the last few days to the point of annoying white if you friends. Were all very, very excited to learn from you today, so true might everybody the context of a conversation today, together with alex were going to be learning how to compete in the world where no advantage is safe. This concept of always they want is something we can all benefit from. With alex started writing this book im sure he wasnt exactly expecting it to be released in the midst of a pandemic. However, in my view this topic could not be more relevant especially these days when so many of us are forced to have that day one mentality. Help us kick off, alex. Id love to ask you, what you found to be
Host im excited t. We got our members from across the world joining us for this conversation. Ive been talking about it nonstop over the last few days to the point of annoying quite few friends. But were all very, very excited to learn from you today. So, to remind everybody the context of our conversation today, together with alex, were going to be learning how to compete in a world where no advantage is safe. So this concept of always day one is something we can all benefit from. When alex started writing the book im sure he wasnt exactly expecting it to be released in midst of a pandemic. However, in my view, this topic could not be more relevant especially these tase when so many of us are forced to have that day one mentality. So, help us kick off alex id love to ask you, what you found to be so important about this topic that you wanted to focus your sights on really going deep and the leading ceos and Tech Companies, what guest really ive always focuses on culture, organizationa
Well, welcome, everyone. And good morning. We expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while were waiting, i think well begin with our Opening Statements. And id like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of obfuscating and others suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are
Well, welcome, everyone. And good morning. We expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while were waiting, i think well begin with our Opening Statements. And id like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of obfuscating and others suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are
Overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us to fill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of or f other suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are more federal regulations for ballpoint pens and magic markers than there are for Voting Systems and other parts of our election infrastructure. So there may be more work to do and much for congress to learn about this industry. Many